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[BumbleBee]

http://touch.woodtv.com/10000/77295004

I will be following this story. Very few details but it sounds fishy to me already.

[Play Care]

http://touch.woodtv.com/10000/77295004

I will be following this story. Very few details but it sounds fishy to me already.

Hmm. I'm wondering if she witnessed the two children behaving in a sexual manner toward each other and reported it?

[Patches]

That does sound fishy :confused:
Why would they shut her down for reporting something to CPS that didn't happen in her home? Yep, definitely got to be more to the story

[nannyde]

It sounds like the relatives who she reported in turn reported her for something. She got a surprise inspection and the shut down was from that not the report she generated.

That's my guess.

[Unregistered]

I looked up her license and she was inspected in June and wrote up for an 11 month old not having a fitted sheet in her pack n play and also having a blanket in the bed.
She had a fire extinguisher but it was not mounted to the wall,as it's supposed to.
She wrote a letter saying how she was going to fix the issues and they accepted it without shutting her down then.
I find it hard to believe that she could be shut down less than two months later with those being the only things she needed to correct.Very strange? I would like to see the report they hadfor shutting her down.

[CedarCreek]

It sounds like the relatives who she reported in turn reported her for something. She got a surprise inspection and the shut down was from that not the report she generated.

That's my guess.

Agreed.

[Crystal]

In California, if I witness any "Unusual Circumstance" I am required to report it to licensing and it is then investigated within 3 days. So, if I witnessed two children engaged in inappropriate touching of a sexual nature (I am talking EXTREME, not just a "playing doctor" innocent type of play but something that would indicate one child may have been sexually abused because it was SO extreme) I would be required to report it and would receive an unannounced visit. They might then consider me not "properly supervising" because the children had the chance to engage in such touching and I would be cited, possibly losing my license.

A friend of mine recently went through something similar. A little girl in her care was complaining of "pain" on a regular basis. Mom took child to the doctor, there was a small tear and the child said she fell on a wagon at daycare. Even though the provider and her 3 assistants never saw the child fall on the wagon and the child never complained about that to the provider, The daycare provider reported it to licensing. She was then investigated by licensing AND CPS. The whole thing ended up with her not being cited, and she got rid of the wagon, just in case. This could have easily have gone the other way and she could have lost EVERYTHING, even though she was the one who reported it.

I will be interested in hearing the rest of this story.

[Blackcat31]

In California, if I witness any "Unusual Circumstance" I am required to report it to licensing and it is then investigated within 3 days. So, if I witnessed two children engaged in inappropriate touching of a sexual nature (I am talking EXTREME, not just a "playing doctor" innocent type of play but something that would indicate one child may have been sexually abused because it was SO extreme) I would be required to report it and would receive an unannounced visit. They might then consider me not "properly supervising" because the children had the chance to engage in such touching and I would be cited, possibly losing my license.

A friend of mine recently went through something similar. A little girl in her care was complaining of "pain" on a regular basis. Mom took child to the doctor, there was a small tear and the child said she fell on a wagon at daycare. Even though the provider and her 3 assistants never saw the child fall on the wagon and the child never complained about that to the provider, The daycare provider reported it to licensing. She was then investigated by licensing AND CPS. The whole thing ended up with her not being cited, and she got rid of the wagon, just in case. This could have easily have gone the other way and she could have lost EVERYTHING, even though she was the one who reported it.

I will be interested in hearing the rest of this story.

The children she reported were NOT her child care children and the incident she reported did NOT happen in her child care home.

[Crystal]

The children she reported were NOT her child care children and the incident she reported did NOT happen in her child care home.

I don't know how I missed that! Lack of sleep I guess!

So it seems then she reported that a couple of children, related to one another, may have been abused and then when the family was investigated, they blamed her.

Should be interesting to see how it plays out.

[Play Care]

The children she reported were NOT her child care children and the incident she reported did NOT happen in her child care home.

Oops, missed that

[Blackcat31]

I don't know how I missed that! Lack of sleep I guess!

So it seems then she reported that a couple of children, related to one another, may have been abused and then when the family was investigated, they blamed her.

Should be interesting to see how it plays out.

Oops, missed that

They were related to her though so I am assuming Nan is on to something suspecting retaliation from those family members....

[BumbleBee]

I'll post updates if/when I see them. I check the news every day so hopefully they will follow up on this story.

[melilley]

That does sound strange! Something had to be going on in her house when dhs did the surprise inspection. Plus, if she has an assistants or assistants and was cited for improper supervision then that's a red flag.

[Margarete]

In California, if I witness any "Unusual Circumstance" I am required to report it to licensing and it is then investigated within 3 days. So, if I witnessed two children engaged in inappropriate touching of a sexual nature (I am talking EXTREME, not just a "playing doctor" innocent type of play but something that would indicate one child may have been sexually abused because it was SO extreme) I would be required to report it and would receive an unannounced visit. They might then consider me not "properly supervising" because the children had the chance to engage in such touching and I would be cited, possibly losing my license.

Child abuse must be reported
when one who is a legally mandated
reporter “...has knowledge of or
observes a child in his or her profes-
sional capacity, or within the scope of
his or her employment whom he or
she knows or reasonably suspects
has been the victim of child abuse or
neglect...” (P.C. 11166(a)).

I'm in California too. You aren't 'required' to report those who you don't work with... not that it's not a good idea, it's just not 'required' by law. I believe it used to be more broad though.

... (edit) whoops, sorry looks like you were talking about children in your care.

[Mom2TLE]

I searched her name and they are her own adopted children it also says that she violated the "child care organizations act" http://wkzo.com/news/articles/2013/a...on-of-license/

http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/State-Suspends-License-of-Child-Care-Provider-220331921.html?device=tablet

http://www.wwmt.com/news/features/featured/stories/day-care-owner-calls-cps-help-winds-up-losing-license-2104.html

The last link said she called for help with her 10 yr old, I'm wondering if she did something to her punishment wise that caused them to revoke her license. Or the 10 year old did something to the 4 year old.